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CABINENT CONCLUSIONS.
WHAT BROUGHT ABOUT THE GREAT
REPUBLICAN GAINS.
Demroratlc Leader* Blamed?Betrayed
Their Party ud Brought About Defeat
?Paued a far>fl Bill Too L?te?An En- |
ooaractnc Feature Found.
Washington, Nov. 10.?While It Is
impossible to get an expression of opinion
in regard to the election, and its resalts,
from any Dumber of the cabinet,
enough has been learned in regara 10
their conc-usbns, after mature deliberation,
to give a pretty correct summary
of this body's position in regard to the
matter:
Neither Mr. Cleveland nor any of his
assistant?, after cor.eu'atiou over the
returns, have been able to persuade
themselves that the action of the people
is a rebuke to the president, or to the
head of any of the administrative departments
tor anything they have done or
aid since they were in power. They
are equally certain that the Republican
victories are not an expression of popu
^ar 111 will against the Democratic party
as a party, nor as an indication ?f a
change cf sentiment regarding tarff reform.
Tbey do not believe that tariff reform
entered into the contest, except
that the people were disgusted with the
Democratic majority in congress for not
csrtfiag out the program for which it
was elected In 1892. The people wanted
tariff reform but did not get it.
These conclusions were arrived at by
the cabinet after the receipt of a nnm
ber of telegrams from successful Democratic
congressmen, in whose districts
the conduct of the administration was
made an issue, or the traifif formed an
Important suojectof discussion during
the canvass. A message from Representative
Cobb, of St. Louis, is a very
good sample of the dispatches on which
the conclusions of the president and his
cabinet are based. Mr. Cobb wired that
he bad made his fight purely on the
president's record, and bad won.
The cabinet officials declare that the
Democratic leaders. in the house and
senate, by thei r refusal to follow the
president, betrayed their party and
brought about the disastrous defeat.
They fought Mr. Cleveland, not only at
Chicago, but in Washington atter the
j inauguration, and the people rose in
. ' their might to rebuke the recreant leaden,
and to condemn men who had been
fblsa to their trust. The defeat was not
a triumph over the Democracy, but a
punishment of traitors. The passage of
the tariff bill in August instead of in
April helped very much to do it. The
full revival of trade this fall was then
an Impossibility.
When the senate met in extra session
it should have adopted ruies to do busi*
neis. ana should have done business.
Its failure in a great measure brought
about the result. Instead of carrying
out the Chicago platform and following
the president the Democratic majority
in congress lepudlated the party policy,
refused to perform duties which they
were elecled to do, and seemed to care
more about the appointment of scrub
women thss they did abont upholding
the president's bands and the cause of
a mighty reform to accomplish wbich
they were choses by the people. They
were charged with a patriotic mission,
and proved to be cowards.
These, in the view of the cabinet, are
the reasons for the Democratic over*
throw in New York and in other states
that were wrested from the Republic
cans on the issue of tariff reform and
on the declaration that a public official
is a public trait.
Having made up their minus as to
why the Democracy was defeated, and
who is respensible, the president and
his advisers have considered the future
of the party. They reason that, as an
issue, tariff reform will not in the imme>
AA?n?%?? AM (mnAM^Anf nlnnA
UlJIbC lUbUlO UWU^J Oil uu^iuiub
The Republicans would hardly dare at*
tempt to pass another McKinley act, bat
would practically let the tariff alone.
People have bad enough tariff agitation
and neither party could hope for popular
success In the immediate advance*
meat of protectionist or low tarifl ideas.
The Republicans would probably pass
separate bills in the interest of favored
industries, but no general tariff lesiBlation
would be attempted. It is necessary
to have an issue and unquestionably
the most available one is that of free
silver versus sound money.
It became very evident to the cabinet
after looking over the returns, tbat the
eastern and middle states, Including
New York, had probably gone into the
Republican column for many years to
come. Several of the secretaries saw
great danger in this to the party. In the
natural effort which would follow to
build up strength in the south and west
to elect a president. The chances of
making these sections solid and independent
of the east might be regarded
aa the only hope. It was argued that a
strong effort would be made to turn the
party in the south and west into a free
Uver party, and tears ot tne outcome
- were expressed.
There was one encouraging feature
gleamed from the returns by three of
the secretaries, who discussed the dan
ger of an attempt by free silver men to
capture the Dsmorcracy. They fouad
Id several Instances in the south that
Democrats who ran on the free ailvar
issue have been beaten and sound money
Democrats elected. This was true
of Watson and Turner in Georgia, and
Patterson in Tennesseee. II was also
discovered that a greater proportion of
Democrats who are elected to the next
house are opposed to the free silver
policy.
Stagnated Women.
Chicago, Nov. 10.?Of the 35,000
Chicago womri who registered, cot
over 8,000 vote'. Of these 8,000. cot
less than 5,000 were disgusted with the
experience, and they will never vnle
again. What might be termed the
"silk stocking" element registered with
- ?M !^U l U.i?- Si
a tummy uuurisu ui hulu^dld, juv u
quailed when the hoar for voting arrived.
The poll* were uninviting, and
the lodges and clerks were Inclined to
. grow hilarious at the appearance of the
women. Then the ballots pozzled them
wofully. They voted every way lut
the right way, and so many were the
blunders that a big percentage cf lbs
vote was thrown oat.
A Great Cotton Flro.
New Orleans, La., Nov. 12.?The
Texas and Pacific railroad's big cottcn
wharf on the other side of the river
caught fire In some mysterious manner
, at 6 o'clock this evenlog. The entire
wharf, 800 feet long, was destroyed and
with It between 25,000 and 26,000 bales
of cotton. Forty or fifty cars loaded
with cotton were also consumed, making
about 28,000 bales lost in all. The
grain elevator had a narrow escape, out
was only slightly damaged. The lo?s
will exceed half a million dollars. i
HARD TO DOWN. ,
Dr. 5mi)pA l'ope Iscnes Another Address
to the People.
Columbia, S. C., Nov. 12.?The fallowing
address to the people has been
issued bv Dr. Samps Pope:
To the people ol South Carolina:
"The little man" who hopes to be
benefited by the ballot box robberies in
this Stat*, may g'vd out to his newspaper
pals that I am crazy?his iriends,
the Ringsters, may burn and hang rce
in effigv?but all of this adding insult to
Is-. ?:n ?i i-i? it. ,..<v
injury wiij not i>hkb uio yuun. uiiuu wu
the fact that in the late election !n (hi?
State the Ring perpetrated the most unblushing
and gigantic frauds that hav
been perpetrated in South Carolina, not
excepting the eletcioDB from 1868 to
1876. Not patietied with driving rff
hundreds, with having their eupervpfr*
to put falfe numbers and misplaced
names on the registration ticket*, there
by depriving thousands of voters of their
vote; with purposely consuming timn in
order to leave thousands at the pel's ai
their c'ose who could not vote? fivn
hundred of these at Darlington C. H?
with having in some cases military crm
panics with their arm3 near the polls
[ and ammunition in their pockets; no'
satisfied with all this, the ballot b~x*o
in many instances were robbed ?nd
stuffed. If the robbers can gloat over
this it only Bho*s how low in the pca'e
of humanity they have sunk.
I am at work. I have ferreted ou* o
great deal and will continue to work.
The evidence against the leaders I am
saving for the United States Senate investigating
committee, which will osrr
"? l'm j _:n 11,. 1. j
aner awuuo uuu win u^su tuu o't>< u
mouths of a eood many persons. "V^ILH
a fair flection and count I was elected;
even as it is, I Rtn allowed over twenty
thousand votes, unless the boards cn
Tuesday ?ext take these from mr>. I
started with over Beveu hundred in on*
of the counties on Wednesday last. Bp
Thursday I had been robbed ot Qve
hundred of these. How many I have
now, I cannot tell. Are the people of
South Carolina going to submit quietly
to these tbinge? I am satis ied that
they will not; it will take work, however,
in each county to unearth the
irauds. In a county in the upper ppri
of the State, I got sixteen votes at one
of the polle; the managers did not
count a sincle one for me; one of them
carried the box home with him Toesday
night unsealed, and sealed it on
Wednesday morning. At a poll on the
coast twenty-one white men voted for
me; I was allowed fifteen votes by the
managers. A.t neany every pou in me
State robbeneB of this kind have been
perpetrated; in some instances more
than a hundred votes were taken from
a box from me and given to "the little
man."
Friends cf good government, of honest
government based upon a fair el?c
tion, I call upon you to give me all of
the aid in this matter that you car; it
is your fight as well as mine. Remember
that a Constitutional convention
has heen called tbroujh f*aud of the
blackest character^ let U3 join bands
and expose this as well as my election
and brine the parpetrators to justice.
Turn your backs upon every man who
has assisted in this develish work; force
him out of society; let him have for his
associates those who have assisted in
perpetrating these frauds; make him to
feel that the hand of every honest man
is against him?when you do this ycu
can have some hope for the future.
As for myself, I can stand all of the
indignities that an infuriated and con*
.Uinban T?inc* r?an hcan nnin
Ol/l^UVD putvnvu VMM uvw^
me. I am battling for my rights and
the rights of every honest man in South
Carolina. I am after the Ring and intend
to keep after them whilst there iB
law and justice in the land, and sooner
or later I will convict them, if not elsewhere,
in the minds of an lndigmaat
people. I may not get the office to
which I was honestly elected, but I will
win the fight against the Ring.
Sampson Pope.
Cleveland Confident:
Washington, Nov. 10.?.President
Cleveland Is more silent, If possible,
since the election than be was before,
and declines to talk an freely as formerly
on politics with his cabinet advisers.
He is working hard on bfs annual message,
and remains at Woodley, wherei
his privacy Is not disturbed. "Some of
tbe cabinet officials want, to <10 some
taifcing, ana are sept irom aoini? go wy
the president, who has evidently intimated
pretty strongly to the secretaries
that he does not care to have anything
said by any one connectea with the administration
regarding the result of
the recent election.
This is more than irksome to Secrets!
ies Smlt.b, Herbert and Carlisle,
whose hot southern bloed boils at the
criticisms passed upon the president
and the charge from one prominent
Democratic leader after another
throughout the country that the president
is n sponsible for the general and
overwhelming defeat of the Democracy.
To those with whom they feel
they can talk they are eloquent ia the
defense of the president, maintaining
that the responsibility for the partj's
disaster is due to the bad lealership
and bad faith of the Democrats in congresp,
particularly In the senate.
A gentleman connected with the administration
and very close to Mr.
Cleveland, said that "Mr. Cleveland
cared nothing for what the politicians
chose to say, because he knew that, the
people did not blame him for the failure
to carry out their verdict at the polls
in 1892, and that their rebake this year
was not intended for him, but for the
men who l^ad refused to follow his
leadership, and whom he himself was
forced to rebuke for their failure to
obey the mandate of the electors.
Mr. Cleveland, he said, felt more
than ever that he was the president ol
tne people, ana idhi, ne owta ncicu g
to the politicians, and that if rhey nave
been shipwrecked after refusing to follow
the course he was ordered to s^i!
by the people, it did not reflect udoq
him, and could in no manner injure
biro in the tsteem of the great mass of
Amerlcau voters.
OCL For Llborlft.
Washington, N.;v. 10.?sptca!
dispatch irom B roiinphiro, Ali., save:
The advance f.u>rd of recro emigrants
left Birmingham vffit'rdav *n
ronto to MonSeville, Liberia, via Now
York sud Lverpio!. Tiny sop,* a commilte
to make orraii?,ement.s for the emigration
of eeveral thousand of their countrymen
who have paid tbe u*ce38ary
money to the international mi^rat'oa s >
ciety, and only await perfected plaoa to
leave. The pns:dent rf L:b?.ria has
sent encruragio'j letters and promises
25 acres ol land and temporary abode to
each enrgraut. As goon hi ihe 8dvat.es
guard has gotten thicgb mapped nut in
Africa, the rest of their coantryracn wiU
follow by steamsr. Reliable rciiroa l
agents sa? that they hive more inquiries
from negroes fnxious to go to I/beria
than they can answer, >
: ^ I
COTTON PLANTERS' ASSOCIATIONAn
Organization National in ItH Scope.
Formed by Southern Growers.
Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 14.?The
cotton growers' convention reassembled
today and organized an association
to be national in its scope for the
better protection of the planters' interests.
The committee on statistics was instructed
to obtain and arrange for
'1 r Jl _ xi -.112
1110 use 01 IUC coiivuuuuii uiuciai si?tistics
of cotton, tlie prices for the
past ten years, etc. The president of
the convention. Commissioner Lane
of Alabama, read a statement showing
by the census returns that resoluions
oji the part of the planters to restrict
acreage have been followed by a
decreased output of cotton. The resolutions
of the committee continued,
with special resolutions subsequently
ottered and adopted by the convention
to cover the following subjects:
1. Reduction of cotton acreage and
increased attention to the production
of cereals.
2. Greater attention to stock and
cattle raising.
Encouragement of manufacturing
in the South by exempting manufactories
from taxation for a period
of ten years.
4. Encouragement of immigration.
The resolution advises that large plantations
be divided into small farms
and the latter be sold to bona fide
home seekers.
5. Recommending that cotton be
withheld from sale, by farmers wno
arc not in debt to their factors and
that it be held for arise?"which may
reasonably he expected if present
heavy receipts arc appreciably reduced."'
(!. The organization of the Cotton
Planters' Association of the United
States of America to meet at least
twice a year and to consist of four
delegates from each Congressional'
District in the cotton growing States
and three delegates at large from each
Slate appointed by the Governors of
such States, irrespective of party preference,
said association is to hold its
first meeting in Jackson, Miss., the
second Wednesday in January, 1895.
7. Cotton seed trusts are condemned.
8. Congress is petitioned to pass the
anti-option bill.
9. Congress is requested to refund
the cotton tax collected in 1866-67.
The convention then organized the
new association by electing officers to
serve until the January meeting as
follows: Governor James Stone of
Mississippi, president; Hon. J. 0.
Waddel of Georgia and Commissioner
of Agriculture, vice president; Robert
E. Eckberger of Alabama, secretary,
and Prof. James Smith of Georgia,
treasurer. The chairman of the convention
was requested to issue an addross
In nil business interests asking
co-opcration in obtaining the objects
of the association.
The following resolution was also
adopted: Resolved, That the honest
conviction of this convention as practical
cotton growers is that the estimates
that are bein<j sent by the cotton
exchanges in reference to the crop
are excessive and it is the belief of
this conviction, based upon practical
observation and the best statistical information,
that the present crop will
not exceed 8,500,000 bales.
The convention then adjourned
sine die.
Tb? Yiuld'Per Acre,
Washington, Nov. 10.?The November
returDs to the Department c-f
Agxicullure of the yield Der a;re make
the average of oorn 19 7, which ia
about bush?ls above the yield indicated
uy the roDdiiion figures in October.
Tbis i? (he lowest rate ot yield
that has occumd aloce 1881, whtn It
stood at, 186 bushels ner acre. Last
yenr, the ytr-ld was 225 bushelp, upod
a much larger harvested Herbage. The
ra'rs for the years 1880, 1887 and 1890,
which vere years of comparatively
low %lc'ds, were respectively 22, 201
or>rt 9f17 hnthplq Thfi viflld for the
present year, which must be reaarded
as a preiirak-ary and not a final estimate,
is less than the average for the
ten ve-ir?, 1870 to 1879, by 7 4; lees than
the n\( T<iah lor the succeeding decadp,
1880 to 1889, hy 4 4 bii.ihels, and If 88
than the sverRCfl for the four years,
1890 to 1893 by 3.7 bushels. Quail y
79 4. The result is iu harmony with
reported indlcntlors duting the growing
season. Tbe rates of jield of the
principal corn States sro as follows:
New York, 282; Pt-nrpylvanla. 32;
Ohio, 203; Michigan, 232; Indiana,
28 9; Illinois, 28 8: Iowa, 15; Mtsfourt,
22; Kansas, 1122; Nebraska. 6. The
average yield of 'obacco Is 733 pounde
por ?cro. In 1893 it. was 095 3 ard In
1892 (>82 pounds. Tli- av* rajre quality
i* 87 9. The returns r?>laMv* to the
teertintf of wheat to t-tock *re not sufficient
to justify a report at this date.
Th^ departtni nl hopes to be able to
muk'i a eprfial report oil this subject
ioihynea uture.
Will Vote With Republican*.
New York, Nov. 14.?A special to
the Evening Post from Raleigh, N. C.,
says: Marion Butler, the President of
the National Farmers' Alliance, who
is slated to succeed Senator Ransom
in the United States Senate after
March 4, is reported as having stated
that lie would vote with the Republicans
in the organization of the next
Senate. If this is so, the Republicans
can count 011 both of North Carolina's
votes in organization of the Senate as
the other Senator to be elected in
January by the legislature to succeed
Jarvis will be a Republican. Mr. J. J.
Mott, ex-chairman of the Republican
State Committee, seems to be in the
lead for that position.
Shcrift' Cook Lost.
Washington Courthouse, 0., Nov.
13.?Tho ollieial plurality by which
Sheriff Cook, Republican, upon whose
request the militia where called out to
protect a negro assailant from a mob,
resulting in the shooting down of several
persons, was defeated last Tuesday
is 1,727. This isa Republican county,
and gave large pluralities to the other
Republican candidates at the election.
FrlgliteiKMl.tu Dentil.
Mkmphis, Nov. 14.?Willie Smith,
a negro bov, fancied lie saw a ghost
in the road. and. running home, he
informed his mother. The lad became
terribly excited, and a physician was
summoned, but, despite every effort,
the boy died in convulsions.
The Old Story.
Atlanta, (hi.. Nov. 15.?Three negro
children were burned to death
near (Jhiplev, Gn., yesterday. They
had been locked in the house by their
parents and the house caught on lire.
Seven Persons Humeri.
Bkrlin-, Nov. 14.?A boardingliouse
in Elborfeld Rheinish, Prussia, was
destroyed by fire during the night and
seven occupants were burned to death.
Several others arc missing.
THE OFFICIAL COUNT.
The Convention Goch Through by About
Three Thousand Votes.
Columbia, S. C., Nov. 14.?The
County Boards of Canvassers met
throughout the State yesterday to
count the votes. Whether Dr. rope
intends to carry his alleged contest to
the State Board or not remains to be
seen but certain it is that nothing was
done by him or his friends before the
County Boards yesterday. Johnson
and Moorman, Kepublican Congressional
candidates, made some little
kicks and they were all.
The returns show that John Gary
Evans is elected Governor by a majority
of 23,662 and that the constitutional
cotivention has been called by
about 3,000 votes or 2,75S to oe more
exact.
The following is the vote by counties
for Governor:
Evans. Pope.
Abbeville 1,491 329
Aiken 1,800 300
Anderson 1,402 342
Berkeley 895 221
Charleston 576 1,350
Chester 952 493
Chesterfield 1,053 301
Clarendon 1,103 200
Edgefield 1,902 417
Fairfield 778 403
Florence 1,050 573
Georgetown 276 782
Greenville 1,671 1,208
Hampton 672 212
Kershaw 846 308
Lancaster 1,275 419!
Lexington 1,230 576
Laurens 1,319 160
Marion 1,148 331
Marlboro 788 * 166
Oconee 1,356 450
Orangeburg 2,383 491
Richland 582 1,091
Spartanburg. 2,482 1,113
a A.? oan
oumujr ? ? ? ouw i v
Union 1,418 517
York 1,273 356
" Total 32,581 13,609
The official returns from the counties
below were not received but careful
estimates have been made of the
majorities in each and when the figures
are finally tabulated the result
will not be materially different. The
majorities are:
Evans. Pope.
Barnwell 1,100
Beaufort 500
Colleton 1,000
Darlington 500
Newberry 200
Horry 450
Pickens 400
Williamsburg 500
Total 4,200 450
These with the official figures gives
Evans a majority of 23,662.
THE CONVENTION.
The following is the vote:
Yes. No.
Abbeville 1,199- 713
Anderson 1274, 546
Aiken..?.... 1,769 397
Berkeley. 537 433
Charleston 469 1,707
Chester 787 664
Chesterfield... 813 805
Clarendon 1,039 241
Edgefield; 1,662 648
Fairfield 721 441
Florence......... 984 729
Georgetown 35 1,164
Greenville 1,180 1,678
Hampton 650 351
Kershaw 442 956
Lancaster 1,061 771
Lexington 1,012 775
Laurens 1,143 408
Marion 991 723
Marlboro 673 635
Oconee 552 645
Orangeburg 2,063 804
Richland... 459 1,174
Spartanburg ..1,144 2,482
Sumter 604 1,202
TT?T79. 1 078
union ?
York 776 1,136
Total 25,111 22,306
Following are estimated majorities:
Kes. No.
Barnwell 900 ?
Beaufort ? 1,000
Colleton 200 ?
Darlington 100 ?
Newberry., 50 ?
Horry ? 500
Pickens 100 ?
Williamsburg 300 ?
Total 1,650 1,500
This gives the convention a majority
of 2,755.
Deaths From Snakes In India.
A picturesque but decidely uncomfortable
aspect of India is presented by
the annual return of the number of
deaths for which wild beasts and
snakes are responsible, says the Man
Chester Guardian. In the otnciai year
1893, 2,804 persons were killed by savage
animals, as against 2,963 in the
preceding twelve months. These
figures have very formidable appearance,
but when the vast population of
the Indian Empire is remembered it
will be seen that the proportion is not
more than one per 78,000. The deaths
from snake bite numbered 21,213, a
considerable increase on the fatalities
from this cause in the preceding year,
when 19,025 deaths were registered.
So also with regard to the killing of
cattle there is an increase, the figures
being 90,253 in 1893 and 81,608 in 1892.
The tigers are responsible for the destruction
of 12,840 cattle in Assam and
of 8,716 in Bengal, while leopards
killed 10,359 cattle in Bengal and
7,765 in Madras. There were, of
course, reprisals, for 15,309 wild beasts
were slain, and the slayers received
lis. 104,840 in reward for their exertions.
The ligure includes 1,267 tigers
and 4,088 leopards whose enterprising
careers were thus ended. The war
against snakes has resulted in the extermination
of 117,120 of these foes of
man. The number killed in the prev
ious year was 84,789. The number
killed in the previous year was 84,789.
The snake-killers received lis. 12,607
from a grateful government. The
mere statement of these figures may
help us to realize some disagreeable
conditions of daily existence in Hin-;
doostan, all the more disagreeable if,!
as has beenoften hinted, ''deaths from
snake bite" sometimes covers poison
by a man's nearest relations.
Wrcckcd.
Grand Haven, Mich., Nov. 15.?In
a terrible storm this morning the little
schooner Antelope of Chicago capsized
near the mouth of Grand Ilarbor and
three men who composed the crewwere
drowned. Ten minutes later the
schooner Alert failed to make harbor
and landed high and dry on the beach.
So quickly did the Antelope disappear
it was impossible for the life savers
to render any assistance. The Alert
is safe in her present position, put will
be a total loss if the wind changes.
IN THE PHOSPHATE FIELDSStatements
of the Kock Mined During the
Piint Year.
Columbia, S. C., Nov. 14.?The following
statement of the operations in
the State phosphate territory during
the past year will be of great interest
to everybody in the State, in view of
the desolation wrought in the territory
by the hurricane in August, 1893.
It is the general summary, winch will
conclude the annual report of State
Phosphate Inspector A. W. Jones to
the Legislature, now in coursc of
preparation:
Tlie total number of tons of rock
shipped for the year, commencing September
1st, 1893, and ending August
31st, 1894, was 114,281 77-100 tons.
Of the rock sent to market there have
been shipped:
To foreign ports, tons 84.497.00
Coastwise ports, tons 10,173.00
Taken to Charleston, tons.. .12.730.77
Taken to Beaufort, tons 7,884.00
Total 114,281.77
The amount of royalties to the State
at 50 cents per ton for actual shipments,
4 ~ *1, ..C 4l...
PLANS OF THE POPULISTSStewart,
of Nevada, Will Lead an Independent
Minority.
Washington, Nov. 13.?Senator
Stewart, of Nevada, the Populist upon
whose aid the Republicans count to
control the organization of the next
senate, reiterates emphatically that he
will aid neither of the old parties unless
they pledge themselves to free
silver.
"I don't care,'' he said, "which of
the old parties control the machinery
of the senate. There is no advantage
to us to be gained by a combination
with either the Republicans or the
Cleveland Democrats. We do not
care for the few paltry offices to be
bestowed, and could not afford to sacrifice
our independence as a party for
them. So far as I am personally concerned,
I do not care whether they
put me on any committee or what
they do with me, as long as I am entitled
to my seat in the senate and can
get,"into the chamber. In fact,"
he added, growing emphatic, "I can
raise more h?1 when entirely free
from such obligations than when
bound by them."
The senator says he thinks the Populists
will be able to exercise a more
potent influence by keeping entirely
a loof from the old parties; that it is his
opinion that this is the policy which
will be pursued by the People's party
in the senate, and that he will advise
that this policy be pursued. He
thinks there is no doubt that when the
test comes Senator Jones will act in
full harmony with the Populist senaa?w1
-If Tillmijn
lUlOj ailU tliUU 11 \>?VT
should be chosen to succeed Senator
Butler he also would be found in the
Populist column, with the two senators
to be chosen from North Carolina.
This would give the Populists eight
senators as against 42 Republicans and
38 Democrats after March 4.
"The only ground," he said, in conclusion,
"on which I should be willing
to unite with the Republicans
would be on a platform pledging that
party to a free silver policy. I do not
want any half way measure, such as
the coinage of American product, as I
should know that whatever was promised
would be nothing but a trap. I
do not propose to be caught with anything
less than a compliance with our
complete demands."
Senator Petfer, another of the Populists
to whom the Republicans look
for aid, and of whom it has been rumored
that he would rejoin the Republican
party, has just arrived from
Kansas. He declined to discuss the
organization of the Senate, but said if
the time should come when the Populists
should hold the balance of power
? lio/l
Ill 1/IItJ OCUaiU t*vr v*v/ v* ktw
would exercise that power conscientiously
and wisely."
When asked if he believed Governor
Tillman would co-operate with the
Populists if he should be elected to the
Senate, Mr. Peffer replied that he
could not say, as Governor Tillman
had never outlined his intentions in
that rcspect. He called attention to
the fact that Mr. Irby, who was supposed
to share the political views of
Governor Tillman, had remained in
the Democratic ranks. "Still," he
added, "the time must soon come
when all Democrats believing as Tillman
and Irby do, must ally themselves
openly with the Populist party.
The Eastern Democrats are to all intents
and purposes Republicans and
Democrats of the Tillman-Irby stripe
cannot long remain in the same party
organization with them."
Mr. better saia mat me jropunsus
had polled 125,000 votes in Kansas,
against 105,000 in 1890, and that they
failed because they were not fused
with the Democrats. He believes that
about 2,000,000 Populist votes were
polled in the country, and that his
party's future is hopeful."
How Cotton Seed May be Utilized.
I wish to make a practical suggestion
that if promptly acted upon by
those having- hogs to fatten, will save
thousandsof dollars to the State within
the next sixty days. Contrary to prevailing
opinion,^cotton seed, if properly
mixed with other food, so as to make
a properly balanced ration, is the
cheapest hog food we possess and perfectly
safe. They are to be found on
every farm and are now being sold at
one-half their value considered as a
stock food, as compared with the market
value of corn. There isan abundant
crop of sweet potatoes, which can
neither be marketed nor preserved to
advantage. Cotton seed and sweet
potatoes mixed in proportion of one of
the former to three of the latter, and
boiled together will give a hog food
superior in every respect to corn and
absolutely safe. To those not having
potatoes and useing corn as a sole fattening
ration, I would suggest to mix
cotton seed and corn bushel for bushel
and grind together or cook. Fed
according to either menthood every
bushel of cotton seed is worth to the
farmer as much as a half bushel of
corn,or at the present priee of corn 35
cents per bushel, while their present
market price is less than half. Criticisms
of above suggestions will be
cheerfully and scientifically discussed.
"Helper."
The u1h>vc suggestion comes from
the Columbia State and we give it to
our readers for what it is worth. It
would be advisable to try it carefully
at first, until assured of its value. If
true it is of great ad vatage to the farmel's.
A Word for Applet*.
Dr. G. R. Searles, of Brooklyn, N.
Y., thus discourses 011 the apple as
medicine: "The apple is such common
fruit that very few persons are
familiar with its remarkably eflicacious
medicinal properties. Everybody
ought to know that the very best
tiling they can do is to eat apples just
before retiring for the night. Persons
uninitiated in the mysteries of the
fruit are liable to throw up their hands
in horror at the visions of dyspepsia
? 1. mov uumtitntl
WHICH SUUU it UIUJ I
uj). but no harm can come to even a I
delicate system by the eating of ripe*
and juicy apples just before going to ]
bed. The apple is an excellent brain
food, because it has more phosphoric
acid in easily disgestible shape than any
other vegetable known. It excites the
action of tho liver, promotes sound
and healthy sleep, aim thoroughly disinfects
the mouth, This is not all. The
apple agglutinates the surplus acids of
the stomach, helps the kidney secretions
and prevents calculus growths,
it obviates indigestion and is one of
the best preventives known of diseases
of the throat. Even*body should be
familiar with such knowledge, and I
hope you will help disseminate it. In
addition, next to the orange and the
lemon, it is the best anditotc for the
thirst and craving of the. person addicated
to the alcohol or the opium
habit.''
wiLiiwub icjjaiuiw iiic pi iuu ill Lilt; rutn
per ton, is as follows:
Companies. Tons Shipped. Royalties.
Coosaw Co 52,027.00 $28,313.77
Farmers' Mining
Co 37,334.00 18,867.00
Beaufort Phosphate
Co 1C,011.00 8,305.50
Carolina Mining
Co 5,005.00 2,502.50
Ashley .Phosphate
Co 214.2-1 107.12
James Reid 1,980.00 903.00
John C. Nelson.. 504.00 252.00
114,281.78 $57,140.89
Additional royalties due the State
for excess of value "free on hoard,"
over $4 per ton:
Tons Royalties
Adjusted. l)uc.
Coosaw Co 47,758.53 $ 503.8(5
Farmers' Mining
I Co 20,007.00 1,556.74
Beaufort Phosphate
Co 10,011.00 255.73
Carolina Mining
Co 5,205.00
Ashley Phosphate
Co 214.24
John C Nelson.... 504.00
James Reid 1,980.00
98,085.77 $2,376.33
Royalties to the State on tons
snipped $57,140.89
Additional royalties on ex?
?1~- o or/; in
cess 01 vaiue
Total $59,517.29
Amount of tons adjusted for
errors of value OS,085.77
Number tons to be adjusted:
Coosaw Co 4,S09
Farmers' Mining Co. 10,727 15,596.00
Total 11-1,281.77
The reason the excess value on the
15,590 tons is not given, is because the
amount of sales has not been received.
The total number of tons of rock
mined during the year is estimated at
89,290 tons.
The number of tons on hand September
1, 1894, is estimated at 14,044
tons as follows:
Coosaw Co 5,197
Farmers' Mining Uo z.oan
Beaufort Phosphate Co 5,544
John C. Nelson 382
James O'Hear G25
Total 14.044
MUSCOGEE WANTS TROOPS.
The Cook Guiir Terrorizing the Indian
Territory.
Washington, Nov. 14.?The Commissioner
of Indian Affairs today received
the following telegram from
Agent Wisdom:
Muskogee, I. T.. Nov. 14.?As I
predicted would be the case, the Cook
gan?, estimated at fifteen strong, held
up the north bound train at 10 o'clock
last night at Blackstone Switch, live
miles north of this place. They robbed
all the passengers, getting considerable
monev and other property.
Nobody killecl. The courts are utlerly
powerless to protect us in either life
or property and I see no end to the
trouble except the military intervene.
I must recommend that troops be sent
Plrnse refer this matter to the
Hon. Secretary of the Interior and. if
need be, to the President. The utmost
consternation prevails and people lawfully
residing in the territory arc at
the mercy of the bandits. In the last
few days this gang has committed
rape, murder and every sort of robbery
and the State of affairs is a
shame and reproach to civilization.
The Secretary of War upon the advice
of the attorney general recently
held that he was not to authorize
troops to the territory, and it is said by
Interior department officials that Secretary
Smith is powerless in the matter.
The telegram, however, will be
referred to Secretary Lain on t that he
mav understand the situation."
i\)ur United States marshals were
guarding the. express ear of the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas train, which
was held up by the Cook gang yesterday,
hut they were as useless as lambs
until the bandits had disappeared.
There were six marshals in tlm coaches,
but they contributed their guns,
money and jewelry without a murmur.
Indian Agent Wisdom has
wired Secretary Smith for troops
forthwith. L. C. Ferryman, chief of
the Creek Nation, wired the United
States Attorney at Fort Smith to place
his marshals in the Cherokee Nation,
and that he would place seventy-five
Indian sheriffs in the Creek Nation at
the nation's expense and drive the
Cook gang out of the Creek Nation or
kill them. Agent Wisdom has wired
all his Indian police to report at the
agency at once. J. C. McAllister,
United Suites marshal for the Indian
Territory, has just arrived, and is cooperating
with Chief Ferryman.Agent
Wisdom and the United States Attorney
for the Territory. Marshal McAllister
lias 200 deputies that he can
draw from. Agent Wisdom has
twenty-eight Indian police .-hki me
Fort Smith court lias seventy-live
marshals. In all there are :>."?() men
subject to call to hunt the robbers.
CiunmiiiK I" ttu-ir Souses.
C-IXCIXXati, (>., Nov. 1.'{.-Ciuciiinati
anil the rest of Hamilton t'ous'y
today elected Aaron McNeill. l>emoJciiit.
judye of the insolvency court
over John R. Von Severn, Repuhlican,
by .*>, lf>N majority. Von Severn
was opposed hy the har association.
The Tribune fouirht Von Seyjjferan
bitterly, while the other Republican
papers supported him. so the Tribune
claims the result as a victory for it.
One week a<?o the Republicans carried
the county by 2J.0UU.
Slain on the Bowl.
Lake City, 3. C.t Nov. 10.?Mr.
Madison L. Connell, a well known and
respected farmer of the Ariel neighborhood,
about seven miles from Like
City, was, aboat 6 o'clock Friday evening,
waylaid and killed on the public
hlsrhway, within half a mile of bis
home. When found at midnight he
was quite dead and partially barned,
bis clothing having b?en fired by tbe
cberge that took his life. He had been
at work at a neighbor's house daring
the day, and was returning home. Tbe
assassin, who was probably secreted in
tbe bushes bordering the roadsida
where Mr. Connell body was found,
shot him twice. Tbe body was not removed
until after tbe inquest, which
was held Saturday. There Is no clua
to the perpetrator of the dreadful deed.
If suspicion rests upon any one it Is
withhfH. 0?er the deed so fearful,
and th* manner of its accomplishment
so horrible, there if considerable excitement
in tbe neighborhood. Mr.
tjonneil Jeft a widov and several
children.?Statr.
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f.a:ui~ v/yj tb jit;
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f-u'.tB, all prt^^a.
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ftr .-TJ Ko ftrelsfiit n&Jd on fctaU Or*
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tel-lUMi.
Ki&Kant Plnah PARLOR SUITS, wnutotta*
f?: ikjfa, Ann Cha'T, Roeklnj Chair. Di*ta^
and 'J aide Camira ?worth $46. Win 4*BTM
it ta your depot far $38. *
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urtlh all attachment*, for
d?llvwrea to y at depot. f\
VTh? rejpalar prtoe of this
RUGO Y ta 6? to 75 dollar*. '^T
rh? inannfacturer pays all ial\ JW
IneoxpeuMffandla?JHhea ^ QB
to rea for ^48.78- IrjB
u< rnmst?* ewr on a xwwHa
awr^a. Ko fruljcht paid WbImWhW
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fet vacr itojt ? Id&^SiZxflv
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PIANOS,
ij; ?RGHNS.
jjj MID-SUMMER BARGAINS. ||
V Special 8ale Summer ISM. Th<
1 time to buy Cheap and III/, flta i
Special Summir Offer* that tl?> thl' i
h record. [ I'
<[i $50 tared every Piano parch?T?
1,1 $10 to $20 on every Organ. ' 11
|1! 8tx Special Offers on our Popalar KM* <1
)\ Summer Plan. Bay In Augnat, SapteaiMr < 1
I C and October, and pay whan Ootton uomm,
II Spot Cash Price*. Ne Iotanat Only I
0 Brnail Cub Payment required, (KM lO
\ Phrm 410 nn Or iran. balance next No TUB* Q
frjrTs'thT LoDter'tlme If wanted. U
)t P*ym?nta to suit all. Plaaoa fl to fit 9
x monthly. Organ* $S to $3. g
X Our Mid-Summer Off an aara Uf mmtf X
O on all plana of p&jmtnt. Q
Q 5?w Fall Ltadtri na<f> JJ
0 ful and Cheap. Tempting BargaUi> Q
G VTrlta at onoe for Mld-Samnaer #f? Q
Q fare. Good oil/ until Korawblf 1? fl
Q l)on't wait. U
?1 UDDEN & BATES ?
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jj ? SAVANNAH, OA. S
MCE MILLS.
Wtsoff-facvap! ^ It'ci Mill In
on*t mach'.n" Ta-* riujh rice In
p!*Cr<i iti 'lopp.v an! romes oat
cl^tnei ?'ii o >)isnai rwidy for ta
b!e tia^. M jcfiloo can oe operated
n-Jt.h h<.?rg?i power aa-1 will clean
100 tmsfiels or rouifh rice per day.
CORN MILLS
Of the iiVsv design, vertical and
hcuiz mtai, "lo.il)l-? and ^single gear.
Hollar Mills,
vSi-v Mill?,
Engines,
Gi? s aDd Presses, j
; \Wod working machinery.
V.
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